Animal poke



P. BARNEY.

. ANIMAL POKE' APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1920.

Patented July 25, 1922.

rarer ANIMAL POKE.

Application filed March 3,

To all who 127,56 may concern:-

Be it known that I, Priimr BARNEY, of the town of Bollard, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal Pokes, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in animal pokes and particularly to a modified construction of the animal poke forming the substance of a co-pending application filed under No. 364,107, now Patent No. 1,37 3,7 01, issued April 5, 1921, and certain parts of the former poke are herein used and others attached to make the poke particularly for use with sheep.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, simply constructed and durable poke which can be readily attached to the head of a sheep and willpositively prevent the animal from breaking through fences and such like and which is arranged such that it will act to throw up the head of the animal and in so doing cause it to withdraw.

With the above object in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which i Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the poke as applied on the head of a sheep.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device detached.

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof.

Fig.4 is an enlarged detailed plan view.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The poke comprises three main parts, an attaching part 1, a combined head and prong part 2 and a nose piece 3. The neck part is of the same form as that disclosed in my co-pending application No. 364,107 with the exception that it is somewhat smaller so as to fit the neck of a sheep instead of a cow. It is formed from a single piece of wire bent centrally on itself to provide a central loop 4, two substantially parallel spiral coils 5 and 6 adjoining the loop and two side arms 7 and 8 which terminate in eyes 9 and 10. A strap 11 is attached to the eyes and is fitted with a buckle 12 for attaching purposes.

The prong part 2 is formed, from a single Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1922..

1920. Serial No. 364,106.

piece of wire bent centrally on itself to provide a small forwardly extending loop 13, two opposing head loops 14 and 15,-a head rest 16 and two upwardly extending diverging hooked prongs 17 and 18. hen assembling the ends of the latter wire are passed through the coils 5 and 6 prior to forming the prongs and spreading them. This forms placing the side arms around the neck and the side loops 14 and 15 against the sides of the head and this with the prongs extending upwardly. The strap is then passed (round the neck and tightened up to hold the poke securely in place. The nose piece 3 is then bent at the upper end to make it the correct length for the length of the nose and the piercing point is pierced through the thin membrane separating the nostrils.

Owing to the wool of the sheep itis rather hard to get a very tight fastening around the neck such as will positively prevent rotation. This, however, is stopped by the side loops which engage the sides of the jaw and positively prevent any rotation which might occur through one or other of the hooked prongs being caught in the fence wire or such like.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In an animal poke, the combination with a neck attaching part and a pair of up wardly extending diverging prongs carried by the neck part, of a pair of forwardly positioned members attached to the neck part and adapted to span the forehead of the animal and a nose part connected to the latter members and terminating in a piercing hooked end.

2. In an animal; poke, the combination with a neck attaching part and a pair of upwardly extending diverging prongs carried by the neck part, of a pair of opposing side loops connected to the neck part by a head rest, the said loops being adapted to span the forehead of the animal and a nose wire connected to the loops and having the free end terminating in a hook with a pointed end.

3. An animal poke comprising a neck part formed from a single piece of wire bent to span the neck and provided at the top of the neck with a pair of parallel coils and with the extremities of the wire formed into eyes, a combined head and prong part at tached to the neck part by the coils and presenting a pair of upwardly extending diverging prongs in a location above the coils and a forwardly extending head rest beneath the coils, the head rest terminating in opposing side loops adapted to span the forehead of the animal.

4. An animal poke comprising a neck part formed from a single piece of wire bent to span the neck and provided at the top of the neck with a pair of parallel coils and with the extremities of the wire formed into PHILIP BARNE'Y.

In the presence of GEROLD S. ROXBURGH, M. WAKEFIELD. 

